Ruby Glow Passifloras

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CBernard Perris, CA(Zone 9a) Jun 04, 2007

I got a real good bargain at the local nursery on a passie called Ruby Glow. Now with my usual hindsight, I am wondering if this cultivar will attract butterflies!! Has anyone had any experiences with p. Ruby Glow and GF's? The reason I am asking is because the first passie that I bought was an Edulis that I had for six months and no GF's. Then I added a Lavender Lady and within six weeks there were cats. I am expanding my number of vines and climbers.

Thanks,

Chuck

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debnes_dfw_tx Fort Worth, TX(Zone 8a) Jun 04, 2007

Hi Chuck!
What a beautiful cultivar of passiflora! I haven't done any deep research on that var. of passiflora yet. The name is:
Passion Flower, Passionflower
Passiflora phoenicia 'Ruby Glow'
Here is what DG has so far..
"http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/53806/index.html

Now that we have the scientific name of the cultivar we can dig deeper on whether it serves as a host ppant for frits and longwings.

:-Deb

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donlaclair New Port Richey, FL(Zone 9b) Jun 04, 2007

Chuck, no personel experiance with that one,but you'll know soon enough.Isn't that funny about Edulis,I have I think 3 differant cultivars of Edulis and They will go for months and no GF eggs at all then I will get hit all at once with about 25 eggs on one but not the others and if I don't move the cats fast they will mow it down.Then they will hit the other one.I've got a section of chain link fence about 20 feet long that is covered with a purple sort of lavender passion flower I can never remember the name of it,but the GF's love it .So I just collect them off the Edulis and move them over to the chain link fence and let nature take it coarse.

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CBernard Perris, CA(Zone 9a) Jun 05, 2007

Dear Deb,

I can tell that you did a lot of research for this passie. Thanks, I had never seen the flowers before you provided the file in Plant Files.

Dear Donlaclair,

Thanks for setting me straight about edulis. I plan on rotating caterpillars between the four passies I have now so not all of them are completely eaten up by cats at once. I had several GF's last summer and winter but it has been about three weeks since I have seen these butterflies. We will see if it can be done.

Thanks,

Chuck

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